thoughtful contribution

collocation in English

meaningsofthoughtfulandcontribution

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thoughtful
adjective
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/ˈθɔːt.fəl/us
/ˈθɑːt.fəl/
carefully ...
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contribution
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˌkɒn.trɪˈbjuː.ʃən/us
/ˌkɑːn.trɪˈbjuː.ʃən/
something that you contribute or do to help produce or achieve something together with other people, or to help make ...
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(Definition ofthoughtfulandcontributionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The article makes athoughtfulcontributionto both a generic theoretical base and its application.
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Clapson has provided anotherthoughtfulcontributionto suburban studies which dispels many myths.
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Without histhoughtfulcontributionwe should never have been able to do that.
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Instead, we had athoughtfulcontributionon insulation.
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Although he made athoughtfulcontribution, he was not without being controversial from time to time, and we look forward to hearing him again.
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He has told us about his constituency and has made athoughtfulcontributionto our proceedings.
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We have just listened to what we shall all agree was a verythoughtfulcontributionto this discussion.
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As we all expected, he made a serious andthoughtfulcontribution.
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He started the proceedings with a verythoughtfulcontribution.
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I was grateful for histhoughtfulcontributionto the debate.
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She made an extremely helpful andthoughtfulcontributionto the debate.
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I agree with some of his points and disagree with others, but at least he always makes athoughtfulcontribution.
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He made a most interesting speech and athoughtfulcontribution.
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I appreciate the verythoughtfulcontributionthat he is making.
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He made a very considerable andthoughtfulcontributionto that debate.
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He made athoughtfulcontributionand explained the development over time of the many intricacies of the conflict.
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He made athoughtfulcontributionabout the difficulties facing his constituency.
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He made athoughtfulcontributionthis afternoon, as indeed did all colleagues who preceded me.
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We had athoughtfulcontributionabout why what we did was right then.
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I warmly congratulate him on his maiden speech; it was an inspiring andthoughtfulcontributionto this debate.
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